Necktie



Feb. 27, 1923.

l. E. LANGSDORF.

NECKHE.

man APR. 12. :922.

"Juucnhw Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

UNITED STATES JESSE E. LANGSDORF, F NEW YORK, N'. Y.

, n NECKTIE.

Application tiled April 12, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

liliV Be it known that I, JESSE E. LANGSDORF, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new4 and useful Improvements inNeckties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the sanie.

This invention relates to improvements in neck-ties and moreparticularly to those of the four-in-hand type.

It is well known thatA when a tie is placed between the folds of acollar and the lattel` is buttoned to the neck band of the shirt, it isfrequently necessary prior to and during the tying operation that thetie must be adjusted lengthwise in order to insure a desirable knot andto cause the tie ends'to be of yproper relative lengths. It has beenfound that the folds of the collar will tend to confine the neck portionof the tie tightly between them, so that the tie must be subjected toconsiderable pulling st'rain before it can be moved. This tends todistort the tie and break the stitching which unites its leve. to someextent. the stretching of the elastic body material, still it has beenfound that with such construction, the unequal stress upon the elasticbody of the tie and the ,elastic lining stitched thereto, have causedthe stitching to break or become strained and the tie to be distorted,thu renderingt unfit for further use.

One object of my invention is to overcome the. rdifficulties andobjections above mentioned. and to sonconstruct aneck-tie of thefour-in-hand type. that the lining shall be sufficiently elastic orresilient in character andso stitched to the body material as not tocause breaking of the stitching or distortion of ythe tie. and at thesame time, so that the lining shall be capable of withstand- Serial No.551,918.

ing the pulling Strain to which it may be subjected after having yieldedlengthwise with the body material to a limited extent, and so that whenthe pulling strain shall have lbeen relieved, the body material andlining will assume their original shape and dimensions.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a view of a necktie of thefour-in-hand type partly broken away, showing an embodiment of myinvention; Figure 2 is an inner face view, partly broken away; Figure 3is an enlarged transverse sectional View; Figure 4 is a longitudinalsectional view; Figure 5 is a separate view of the lining, and Figure 6is a view of a modliication of the lining.

The body material of the tie may be made of any suitable material,-suchas silk, for cxample,--and the material will preferably be cut on thebias 'so that the body' of the tie will be more or less elastic incharacter. The body of the tie may comprise a narrow neck portion 1 andtapering tying ends 2 and the material is so formed as to provide folds3 forming the inner face of the tie. The folds 3 are united by loosestitching indicated at 4 and the end portions 5 of the thread are leftfree near respective ends of the tie and knotted as at 6.

The loose stitching 4 which unites the folds. also holds in place,lining members 7, 8,-the member 7 being located in the A wider tyingportions of the tie and having approximately the same shape, and thelining member 8 being comparatively narrow and made to extend ythroughthe neck portion 1 of the tie. The lining members 7 and 8 are stitchedtogether as indicated at 9 and, in the embodiment of the invention shownat 10 in Figure 5. the member 8 is extended to underlie the member 7. Ifdesired. bowever. the extended portions 1'0 of the lining member 8 maybe omitted, as illustrated m Figure 6. l

The lining which I employ and which of my invention. With the use oflining of woven material having limited elasticity, it will stretch withthe stretching of the body material und at the same time, it will not besutliciently more elastic ythan the elasticity of the body material asto cause breaking of the stitching, but said liningr will suiiice torelieve the body material from excessive stress or strain when the tieis subjected to great pulling force. lt will be observed also that whenthe tie is stretched, the loose stitching Will slip and this will assistin avoiding breaking of the thread.

lVith my improvements, distorting,r of the te will be prevented as thestitching Will not be broken or strained when the tie is pulled and asthe body material and also the lining will return to the normalpositions as soon :is the pulling strain shall have been discontinued.

Having fully described my invention what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A neck-tie, comprising a` body portion including e knot-forming partand a Woven fabric resilient lining,r connected thereto, said resilientliningr extending;r into` the knotforming part oi the tie.

2. A neck-tie, comprising :1` body portion, und e woven fnbrie resilientlining connected therewith by loose stitching.

3. A neck-tie provided with e lining uttzu'hed thereto :1nd consistingof' woven fabric cut on the bias. i

4. A neck-tie comprisingr a body having folds, a woven fabric elestie orresilient lining`Y in the tie body, and loose stitching unitinsr thefolds of the t"e body and connecting the woven fabric elastic orresilient lining thereto.

5. AA neck-tie provided with a lining comirising e strip of wovenmaterial resilient in the direction of the length of the tie.

In testimony whereof. I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribi ing witnesses.

JESSE l. LANGSDORF. W'itnesses:

HENRY F. CowAN, SIMON HIGH.

DISCLAIMER 1.447.090.Jesse E. Langadorf, New York, N.Y. Nncx'rm. Patentdated February 27, 1923. Disclaimer led August l2, 1930, by theassignee, F mm-Strohmenger E: Cowan, Inc., patentes, said Langsdorf,concurring. l

Hereby enters its disclaimer, limiting claims 3 and 5 of saidspecification as follows:

(l) By restricting the element lining of said claim 3 to a resilientlining.

(2) By (a) restricting the element lining of claim 5 to a fabric lining,and further (b) restricting claim 5 to a fabric lining connected to thetie by lqose stitching.

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